Device for fastening rails



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UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE. j 5;

I FRIEDRICH WILHELM 'WEBER, OF BOCHUM, GERMANY AQSIGNOR TO FIRM: VEREINIGTE STAHLWERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFI, F DUSSELDEGRF, GERh'IAHYa DEVICE FOR rns'rnu'i ae RAILS.

Application filed February 9, 1927, Serial No. 166,991, andinGermany February 9, 1926.

The fastening of rails is usually carried out in such a manner, that the'foot of the rail is connected to the support by means of clamping wedges and screws.

The invention has reference to a device in which said mode of connection is replaced by a much simpler one. According to this invention the rails are connected by means of bridges which are either rigidly connectedwith the sleeper or are formed of the sleeper by being pressed out of it. The bridges serve as support for the proper means of connection, which have, preferably, a wedge-like form. The pieces are pushed under the bridge in such a manner, that they rest upon the foot of the rail and press the foot firmly on to the support. T

The bridges orv bridles have preferably an inclination according to that of the wedgeshaped" pieces. The counterpart of these wedge-shaped pieces may also. be pressed out of the sleeper c An example for a device according to the invention is illustrated on the accompanying 25 drawing.

Figure 1 is a cross-section through a rail connected according to the invention,

Fig. 2 is side elevation, partly in section,

Fig. 3 is a plan view and Fig. 4 shows the profile of the sleeper The bridge-shaped elevations a and wedge counterparts e are pressed out ofthe sleeper (Z. The wedges Z) are firmly clamped under said elevations in such a manner that they exerta pressure on the foot 0 of the rail and press the foot against the sleeper.

As shown in Figured the longitudinal axle of the sleeper is provided under the cover with ribs 0. These ribsserve for furnishing suflicient material for the side walls of the bridges or bridles on being pressed out.

The device has, compared with the hitherto known means of connection, the advantage of greater simplicity in the fabrication of the several parts and in the attendance. by those workers who have to carry out the fastening of the rails. But also in respect to the stability the new device is at least equal to those hitherto used. By the arrangement accord- .ing to the invention a weakening of the must be I punched for the receipt of screws and plates.

It is always possible to provide for a bearing plate betweenthe bridge a, the foot 0 of the ra l, the sleeper d andthe wedge Z), when the distances of the two bridges are chosen accordingly.

The invention may also be used with baseplates. Instead of the bridge-shaped elevations it is also possible to use two hooks; the one of which is directed against the other one.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. Means for securing railway" and like rails to sleepers comprising a bridge rigidly secured to the sleeper at each side of the'rails, a wedge-shaped member to be inserted under each bridge, and characterized by the fact that the under side "of the bridgeJthe wedge counterpart embossed on the sleeper and the top face of the rail base constitute awedge- V shaped seat which tapers in a direction away from the rail web, 111811011 a way so that after the rail is placed between said bridges each wedge may be introduced into said seat, the

upper Surface of said wedge frictionally engaging the under side of the bridge and the y lower'surface thereof frictionally engaging said rail base and saidwedge counterpart.

2. Means for securing railway and like rails to sleepers as recited in claim 1 in which each bridge web has an angle of inclination roughly the same as the inclination of the re-; spective upper rail base face turned towards it. V a

3. Sleeper of the kind characterized in claim l-in which the bridges areto be pressed out of the sleeper, characterized by the feature that the sleepers on their under side are provided with reinforcement ribs which, in longitudinal direction of'the sleeper, extend over the places from which the bridges :iave been pressed. and which reinforce the sleepers and furnish sufficient material for the pressing-out of the bridges and wedge counterparts without reducing the section.

FRIEDRICH WILHELM W'EBER. 

